supernova
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -əʊvə
Noun[edit]
supernova (plural supernovae or supernovas)
- (astronomy) The explosion of a star, which increases its absolute magnitude to typically a billion times that of our sun. Some leave only debris (Type I); others fade to invisibility as neutron stars (Type II).
- (figuratively) Something brilliant.
- 2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 59:
- Cornelius was the only one dressed in muscle but collectively they were a bully supernova.
Synonyms[edit]
- SN (abbreviation)
Hyponyms[edit]
- (astronomy): fast-evolving luminous transient
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
exploding star
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See also[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably borrowed from English supernova or German Supernova. Equivalent to super- + nova.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
supernova f (plural supernovae or supernova's, diminutive supernovaatje n)
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
supernova
- supernova (exploding star)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of supernova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | supernova | supernovat | |
genitive | supernovan | supernovien | |
partitive | supernovaa | supernovia | |
illative | supernovaan | supernoviin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | supernova | supernovat | |
accusative | nom. | supernova | supernovat |
gen. | supernovan | ||
genitive | supernovan | supernovien supernovainrare | |
partitive | supernovaa | supernovia | |
inessive | supernovassa | supernovissa | |
elative | supernovasta | supernovista | |
illative | supernovaan | supernoviin | |
adessive | supernovalla | supernovilla | |
ablative | supernovalta | supernovilta | |
allative | supernovalle | supernoville | |
essive | supernovana | supernovina | |
translative | supernovaksi | supernoviksi | |
instructive | — | supernovin | |
abessive | supernovatta | supernovitta | |
comitative | — | supernovineen |
Possessive forms of supernova (type koira) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | supernovani | supernovamme |
2nd person | supernovasi | supernovanne |
3rd person | supernovansa |
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
supernova f (plural supernovae)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “supernova”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician[edit]
Noun[edit]
supernova f (plural supernovas)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
supernova f (plural supernove)
Related terms[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
supernova f (plural supernovas)
Adjective[edit]
supernova
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Noun[edit]
supernova f (Cyrillic spelling супернова)
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
supernova m (plural supernovas)
Further reading[edit]
- “supernova”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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